Dubourdieu v. Delaware Township

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The plaintiff brought suit against Delaware township in Wyandotte county to recover damages for injuries caused by a defective highway. There- was a verdict and judgment in her favor, from which the township appeals.

The. plaintiff, a widow 45 years of age, had been for several years conducting an auto livery business at Bonner Springs. The evidence showed that in Delaware township a public highway runs in a general southerly direction from the town of *652Bonner Springs to Loring, a station on the Union Pacific railroad. A short distance outside…